New Deputy Commissioner, Kargil,  Santosh Sukhadeve convened an introductory meeting of the district officers at Conference Hall Baroo on February 22.

He took stock of the working of various departments and examined the developmental works in the district.

Santosh Sukhadeve directed the officers to work with missionary zeal and dedication to fulfill the aspirations of the people. He said that the officers must listen to the demands of people and their grievances which will be reviewed on monthly basis as per the prescribed format which shall be issued from the DC office shortly. 

He stressed on the officers to ensure that all government employees are present during their working hours in their respective offices so that the common man should not suffer and no employee should leave the district without station leaving permission. Also, he underlined that the departments with more or less similar nature of schemes should work in convergence to give impactful benefits to the common people. 

The DC stated that among other priorities in different sectors, the focus will be laid on youth development through self-employment schemes and training programmes to extend employment opportunities to the educated unemployed youth. 

Revenue and Rural Development departments were asked to sensitize their officials thereby ensuring that public issues and grievances are disposed off in a proper and satisfactory manner. He further directed to ensure proper redressal of cases under the Public Service Guarantee Act as per the set timelines.